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On this page, http://www.spanishdict.com/topics/show/20, it clearly distinguishes between "nueva" placed before the noun and "nueva" after the noun. After the noun, it means "new", while before the noun it means "another". It appears that this sentence should be translated as "Tomorrow you are going to ask for another route".

And while one could consider a meaning for "new" in English as a synonym for "another", this is an ambiguous usage, whereas "another" is not ambiguous and is therefore is a better translation.

This likewise applies to other sentences Duolingo has offered, where "nuevo/a" is placed before the noun and yet translated, seemingly incorrectly, as "new".

I've noticed many (most?) times the time is put at the beginning of the sentences, whereas we would most likely put it at the end. Is this the standard format? Like, in English, the subject/verb is most often stated first, and the extraneous stuff left for the end. I know each language has its differences, and I'm wondering if this is one of them, or is it just a coincidence of the sentences we have?